Does Rocket Knight deserve a remake?

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An honest question with discussion quality.

A lot of us have said yes - but is there, perhaps a reason to say no?

Is there enough good material to turn into a great franchise? Or would it crash and burn or struggle like the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise?

Do we just say yes, because its our childhood? Are we, in reality, just stubborn fans?

If you wanna side on either the yes or no side - post below!

[KokoaMinto]

The franchise deserves a remake.

Even though we complain a lot about how "unsatisfying" the Sequel of 1994 and the Spin-Off of 1994, and the Sequel of 2010 were, they still exist and we're aware that Konami sort of still keeps the IP to themselves.

I guess the real problem is that Konami just doesn't know what to do with the franchise. The last 3 games weren't received well by their fans, probably caused even more damage to the franchise itself and letting Konami get even more discouraged about it.

It's save to say that Konami would try to do something out of it when the interest would be high enough to make good profit out of it. Sonic as example exists since 1991 and is "Mainstream" now, there's no way that SEGA would drop their little blue mascot, no matter how bad the games may turn out. The popularity is pretty high so Sonic won't "die" so soon. Konami on the other hand just doesn't take the opportunities to make something out of Rocket Knight. Their real success are Yu-Gi-Oh!, Metal Gear Solid, Silent Hill and Castlevania.... maybe even a few other titles. They make a good amount of money with it and sadly the game industry doesn't take high risks anymore like they did in the early 90's. The 2010 revival was probably the "final blow" to discourage them working any further on it. Yes, they may have caused it by themselves a little bit, they didn't took proper care of the games story and such, but I'm at least glad that they -did- another game so we can say that they -still- sort of care about it.

The problem about everything is that we can't let go of something we grew up with. We won't be able to say "I give up on it" just because a franchise doesn't get much attention anymore or is -nearly- dying. Childhood memories will always stay in our way.